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BLM GROUP USA, Novi, Mich., a manufacturer of tube and flat sheet processing systems, has appointed Sean Duffy as regional sales manager for the northeastern U.S.
With about 100 attendees, Pipe & Tube Memphis 2022 offered multifaceted industry forecasts, expert ideas on tube mill optimization, tips on hiring young workers, and even tours of nearby steel mills.
Full-penetration, single-sided pipe welding with conventional V preps have been a bear to automate. A combination of technologies, including artificial intelligence, have changed that for metal fabrication shops looking to augment pipe welding processes.
When a bender’s control system can’t complete the homing process, production can come to a halt. Troubleshooting the problem requires an understanding of how each axis is homed.
Highmark Techsystems uses aluminum extrusions to design exhibit structures and event spaces for tradeshows and other occasions, while its child, YOURspace, uses the same concepts to design versatile modular offices for workplaces and residences.
BLM GROUP USA, Novi, Mich., a manufacturer of tube and flat sheet processing systems, has appointed Shannon Mason as regional sales manager for California and Nevada.
Side-by-side ATVs and other vehicles that require a roll-over protection system (ROPS) benefit from sturdy aftermarket roll cages. But, as one Missouri fabricator has found out, precisely fabricated tubular products calls for tight collaboration between plasma cutting technology and custom tube bending.
Lake Zurich, Ill.-based STI/SPFA has inducted Ralph Carpenter, former chairman of the SPFA pipe section, into its Hall of Fame.
Josh Welton meets up with pro racer and fabricator Robby Woods, as he shows off his "million dollar off-road diesel truck" at SEMA 2021. Woods also talks about his aftermarket suspension kits, life, racing, and operating a small shop with family and friends.
The Esco Wart MILLHOG portable pipe beveler is a right-angle ID-clamping tool for performing any angle of end prep on pipe from 0.75 in. ID to 4 in. OD of different schedules.
Bystronic has announced a partnership with NanoLock Security, a device-level cybersecurity provider, to develop cybersecurity systems for its sheet and tube metal cutting, bending and automation equipment.
WAFIOS has introduced the RU 12 compact forming machine for individual tube ends. The machine, which offers short cycle times, can be used as a stand-alone unit or in a cell. Its horizontal tool concept ensures high accessibility for processing bent and short workpieces and with optimized feeding...
Wafios has extended the Twister2 product family with the RL 25 tube bender, which handles tube diameters to 25 mm.
Electric vehicles make more use of aluminum and composites than do conventional vehicles, which is driving tube bender technology into new directions to accommodate these materials.
WAFIOS has developed the RST 28, tailored to the requirements of cold forming of prehardened stabilizer bars with complex geometry.
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The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.